Man Jailed For Attacking Teenager

Tuesday, 6 December 2016 07:00

A man who attacked a 16-year-old boy, slamming his head into a wall, has been sentenced to a total of 28 months imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court

Michael Coe, of Devenish Road, Greenwich was found guilty of actual bodily harm (ABH) of the boy and common assault of a 31-year-old man who witnessed and took photos of the attack.

35 year old Coe was sentenced to two years for the ABH and four months for the assault to run consecutively.

The court heard that on Friday, 15 April, Coe pulled up in a silver Ford Focus on Wilson Road, E6 when he saw the victim and the boy's 16-year-old girlfriend hugging at a bus stop.

He told the boy to leave the girl alone, then got out of the car and asked if they were Muslim, after which he was verbally abusive to her using an offensive term.

When the boy remonstrated with Coe for speaking to his girlfriend in this way, Coe smashed his head against a wall.

The boy passed out, falling to the floor, and Coe kicked him in the head while his girlfriend helplessly looked on.

Coe momentarily got back into the car but seeing that a man in the street was taking photos on his mobile phone, he got back out and tried to wrench the phone from his hands.

Unsuccessful, Coe picked the man up and threw him to the floor, before driving off in the car.

Both victims were taken to hospital. The teenager suffered cuts to his head; the other victim escaped without serious injuries as he was wearing a crash helmet at the time of the attack.

Chief Superintendent Tony Nash, Newham Borough commander, said: "Coe tried to save himself from prosecution by purporting to be some kind of hero, coming to the rescue of a girl he had in fact been abusive to.”

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